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"Helped them with the atmosphere": Stan Wawrinka's claims fans were paid to attend Davis Cup clash in Manchester confirmed by ITF President, David Haggerty
ATPFriday, 24 November 2023 at 07:00
International Tennis Federation (ITF) President David Haggerty has admitted that Swiss tennis star Stan Wawrinka's claims about how the fans in the arena during the Davis Cup tie were paid by the organistion.
The 38-year-old posted a video on social media in September earlier this year where he highlighted that fans were paid to come and support Great Britain and Switzerland teams in the Davis Cup tie. "Did you know that ITF Tennis are paying people to support and make some noise for every country at every match?,” he said.
Haggerty was recently quoted in a report where he admitted that the fans were indeed sponsored but suggested it was done after taking both teams into confidence.
"Some of the bands in Manchester… teams asked us if we could help get local university people which we put in contact with them - and it helped them with the atmosphere they were looking for,” he said.
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt was one of the most prominent names to raise their voice against the new format of the Davis Cup.
“The No 1 thing is home-and-away ties. I have watched plenty of vision the last few years, even back in the day when I was playing,” he said. “Coming back here to Spain and remembering 2000. Rafa Nadal was carrying the flag onto the court in front of over 20,000 people, all booing and screaming against me, and it was still an unbelievable atmosphere. That’s what the Davis Cup was about."
While responding to that, Haggerty suggested that there are no plans to return to the previous format of the competition in the near future. "The home and away format is not going to work and the players told us that in the past. It would not be a good competition if we went back to only home and away. Sometimes the loudest voices aren't always the majority," he said.
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